Refuse-receptacle.



C. ZITKO. REFUSE RECEPTACLE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2s, 1909.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

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Mdezf av /4 m CHARLES ZITKO, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

REFUSE-RECEPTACLE.

Application filed August 23, 1909.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patent-ed Mar. 15, 1910.

serial No. 514,109.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ZITKO, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refuse-Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in receptacles for refuse, such as garbage, and the like, and belongs preferably to that class of inventions wherein the receptacle, which is supported by a fence or wall, is accessible to the refuse collector at one side of the wall and is accessible to the depositor of refuse at the other side of the wall.

One of the prime objects of the invention is to produce an inexpensive device of this character, that is sanitary, durable, and unlikely to become injured.

Another object of the invention is to produce a receptacle whereby both doorsdfor the ingress and egress openings-are susceptible of being manipulated by the person wishing to use the saine, without the. necessity of passing to the opposite side of the supporting wall. This is a highly desirable feature, for the reason that, if the refuse collector, after emptying the receptacle, should leave the door covering the egress opening open, it will be readily observed by one wishing to deposit refuse, and he can easily and quickly close said door preparatory to making a deposit.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the receptacle that the egress door is at all times protected against being accidentally struck and damaged by vehicles, regardless of whether said door is in an open or closed position.

Another feature of the invention resides in the dual function of the last mentioned feature, which first provides for protection of the egress door and also causes the latter to be located at a suflicient distance from the wall so that the manipulation of said door will not be interfered with by the part of the wall surrounding the opening in which the receptacle is placed.

Figure I is a perspective view of my refuse receptacle, illustrating the manner in which the same is supported `in an ordinary fence, the egress door being shown open and the ingress door slightly raised. Fig. II is a front elevation of the receptacle, the egress door being shown closed. Fig. III is a vertical longitudinal section of the receptacle, the doors being shown in the same positions as in Fig. II. Fig. IV is a fragmentary horizontal section taken on theline IIL-IV, Fig. I.

In the drawings A designates a fence provided with an opening a, in which my improved refuse receptacle B is placed and immovably secured. The receptacle B comprises a frame having outwardly disposed side flanges 1, rear walls 2 and inwardly disposed side flanges 3, and by which construction a countersunk recess et is produced.

5 designates the vessel of the receptacle, which is secured in any convenient manner to the frame 1 and its carried elements 2 and 3, and has communication with the aforesaid recess A. The vessel has a bottom, side walls, and end wall, and a top, the latter, however, covering only a portion of the length of said body, the remaining open portion being employed as an ingress opening for refuse, covered by a suitable hinged door 6.

7 designates a yvertically slidable egress door located back of the side flanges 3 of the frame, and which is adapted to be moved in spaces 8 between the side flanges 3 and the top of the vessel 5. The egress door 7 is further guided in its vertical movement by the provision of slots 9, near its lower edge, which receive the vertical side flanges 3, the door being formed with a horizontal offset, or bend, 10 in alinement with the aforesaid slots 9 so disposed as to permit the side edges of the door above the slots 9 operating upon one side of each ange 3, while the portion of the side edges below the said slots 9 operates upon the opposite sides of the flanges 3. The egress door is provided with an externally arranged handle 11, and is further provided with a top flange 12, located at its upper end, the purpose of the latter being to stiffen the door and prevent the same from becoming bent or buckled; this flange also affords a suitable finger grip for a person in operating the said door.

I claim 1. A receptacle of the character described comprising a frame having rear walls and inwardly disposed flanges, providing a countersunk recess, a vessel secured to and located back of' the fraine, leaving a space between the flanges and the vessel and a door extending across the flanges and through the space and adapted to slide partly on one side of the flanges and partly on the other side, of the flanges so as to enable the door to be opened or closed from either side of the flanges.

2. A receptacle of the character described comprising` a frame having rear walls and inwardly disposed side flanges, providing a countersnnk recess, a vessel secured to and located back of the frame, leaving a space between the flanges and the vessel and a dooi` extending across the side flanges and through the space and adapted to slide partly on one side of the side flanges and partly on the other side ofl the side flanges so as to enable the door to be opened or closed from clther side of the side flanges.

3. A receptacle of the character described Acomprising a f'ralne having rear walls and inwardly disposed flanges providing a conntersunk recess, a vessel secured t0 and located back of the fraine leaving a space between the flanges and the vessel and a door having an offset, extending across the flanges, and through the space and having flanges.

CHARLES ZITKO. In the presence of- EDNA B. LINN, HOWARD Gr. Coon. 

